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The acclaimed chronicle of the regeneration of one family's traditional English farm
National Best Seller
Winner of the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing * Named "Nature Book of the Year" by the Sunday Times * New York Times Editors' Choice * Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize and the Royal Society of Literature's Ondaatje Prize * A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Sunday Times, Financial Times, New Statesman, Independent, Telegraph, Observer, and Daily Mail
"Superbly written and deeply insightful, the book captivates the reader until the journey’s end.” (Wall Street Journal)
The New York Times best-selling author of The Shepherd’s Life profiles his family’s farm across three generations, revealing through this intimate lens the profound global transformation of agriculture and of the human relationship to the land.
As a boy, James Rebanks's grandfather taught him to work the land the old way. Their family farm in England's Lake District hills was part of an ancient agricultural landscape: a patchwork of crops and meadows, of pastures grazed with livestock, and hedgerows teeming with wildlife. And yet, by the time James inherited the farm, it was barely recognizable. The men and women had vanished from the fields; the old stone barns had crumbled; the skies had emptied of birds and their wind-blown song.
Hailed as "a brilliant, beautiful book" by the Sunday Times (London), Pastoral Song (published in the United Kingdom under the title English Pastoral) is the story of an inheritance: one that affects us all. It tells of how rural landscapes around the world were brought close to collapse, and the age-old rhythms of work, weather, community and wild things were lost. And yet this elegy from the northern fells is also a song of hope: of how, guided by the past, one farmer began to salvage a tiny corner of England that was now his, doing his best to restore the life that had vanished and to leave a legacy for the future.
This is a book about what it means to have love and pride in a place, and how, against all the odds, it may still be possible to build a new pastoral: not a utopia, but somewhere decent for us all.
[Published in the United Kingdom as English Pastoral.]
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fantastic read
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By: Lisa Schneidau
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We Are Each Other's Harvest
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- By: Natalie Baszile
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In this impressive anthology, Natalie Baszile brings together essays, poems, quotes, conversations, and first-person stories to examine Black people’s connection to the American land from Emancipation to today. We Are Each Other’s Harvest elevates the voices and stories of Black farmers and people of color, celebrating their perseverance and resilience, while spotlighting the challenges they continue to face. Luminous and eye-opening, this eclectic collection helps people and communities of color today reimagine what it means to be dedicated to the soil.
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Various Voices
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By: Natalie Baszile
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The Worst Hard Time
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- Narrated by: Jacob York
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The dust storms that terrorized the High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since. Following a dozen families and their communities through the rise and fall of the region, Timothy Egan tells of their desperate attempts to carry on through blinding black dust blizzards, crop failure, and the death of loved ones. Brilliantly capturing the terrifying drama of catastrophe, he does equal justice to the human characters who become his heroes.
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Excellent history ruined by Egan's bias & cynicism
- By Nathan on 03-21-23
By: Timothy Egan
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- Narrated by: Donna Postel, Sean Runnette
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In this riveting real-life adventure, Mark and Delia Owens tell the dramatic story of their last years in Africa, fighting to save elephants, villagers, and - in the end - themselves. The award-winning zoologists and pioneering conservationists describe their work in the remote and ruggedly beautiful Luangwa Valley, in northeastern Zambia. There they studied the mysteries of the elephant population’s recovery after poaching, discovering remarkable similarities between humans and elephants.
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A vivid view of the savanna in Africa, culture and wildlife!
- By Kd on 09-12-20
By: Mark Owens, and others
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- By: Miriam Horn
- Narrated by: Chris Andrew Ciulla
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Many of the men and women doing today's most consequential environmental work - restoring America's grasslands, wildlife, soil, rivers, wetlands, and oceans - would not call themselves environmentalists; they would be too uneasy with the connotations of that word. What drives them is their deep love of the land - the iconic terrain where explorers and cowboys, pioneers, and riverboat captains forged the American identity. They feel a moral responsibility to preserve this heritage and natural wealth.
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great stories
- By GMMT on 05-15-18
By: Miriam Horn
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Farmageddon
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- By: Philip Lymbery, Isabel Oakeshott
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Farm animals have been disappearing from our fields as the production of food has become a global industry. We no longer know for certain what is entering the food chain and what we are eating - as the UK horsemeat scandal demonstrated. We are reaching a tipping point as the farming revolution threatens our countryside, health, and the quality of our food wherever we live in the world.
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Excellent insight of industrial farming
- By Grazyna on 04-19-14
By: Philip Lymbery, and others
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The Unlikely Peace at Cuchumaquic
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The Unlikely Peace at Cuchumaquic is both an epic story and a cry to the heart of humanity based on the author’s realization that human survival depends on keeping alive the seeds of our “original forgotten spiritual excellence.” Prechtel relates our current state of ecological crisis to the rapid disappearance of biodiversity, indigenous cultures, and shared human values. He demonstrates how real human culture is exterminated when real (not genetically modified) seeds are lost.
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Absolutely awesome and delicious!
- By Joange on 08-18-21
By: Martín Prechtel
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Ten years after the walk across Central Asia and Afghanistan that he memorialized in The Places in Between, Rory Stewart set out on a new journey, traversing a thousand miles between England and Scotland. Stewart was raised along the border of the two countries, the frontier taking on poignant significance in his understanding of what it means to be both Scottish and English, of his relationship with his father, who's lived on this land his whole life, and of his ties to the rich history and culture of the region.
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Uneven and unexpected, still worth it.
- By Nassir on 04-29-17
By: Rory Stewart
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Growth of the Soil
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Growth of the Soil, Hamsun's Nobel Prize winning novel, is a classic of Scandinavian literature. The farmer Isak scarcely acknowledges the values of modern living. Illiterate but capable of carrying out the business of running a farm, he has physical strength and works with his hands. Although initially amazed by Isak's prowess - his wife Inger, who came into contact with modern society when imprisoned for killing her infant due to its birth defect, return to the home much less impressed by the country life.
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Top of my all time favorites list
- By Pete on 05-17-21
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Uncultivated
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- By: Andy Brennan
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Long before the advent of conventional farming methods - which have focused on constant growth, human intervention, and genetic homogeneity - the apple had already grown to become the ubiquitous all-American symbol it is today. Known for their hardiness, ability to adapt to new environments, natural diversity, and plentiful bounty, wildly grown apples were once known as “America’s fruit” throughout the trading world.
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A motivating book for anyone in apple culture
- By JDogg on 12-08-23
By: Andy Brennan
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On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
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This essay by Thoreau first published in 1849, argues that individuals should not permit governments to overrule their consciences. It goes on to say that individuals have a duty to avoid allowing the government to make them the agents of injustice. The quote: "That government is best which governs least," sometimes attributed to Thomas Jefferson or Thomas Paine, actually was first found in this essay. Thoreaus' thoughts were motivated by his disgust with slavery and the Mexican-American War but they are still relevant and resonate today.
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10:22 p.m., 10th of January, 2018
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West of the West
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Teddy Roosevelt once exclaimed, "When I am in California, I am not in the West. I am west of the West", and in this book, Mark Arax spends four years travelling up and down the Golden State to explore its singular place in the world. This is California beyond the clichés. This is California as only a native son, deep in the dust, could draw it.
By: Mark Arax
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Peter Noble's narration ruined this book for me.
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A Clarion Call to Sustainable Farming
The book is true to its title. Although “pastoral” is defined by the dictionary as keeping sheep or cattle, it’s an all-around English farm life that the author “sings” about. Starting from learning farming as a young boy from his grandfather, seeing it with his own father’s work, and finally teaching it in practice to his own children, the author weaves his story.
Many fragmented parcels in older England have been aggregated into bigger pieces over time for efficiency. This is what British farming has strived for over time. Currently it’s working with, or trying to make sense of, industrial farming as practiced by huge agribusinesses in the States. Though steeped in chemicals and machinery, it does seem hard to argue against its resultant cheap supermarket food prices. After all, isn’t that what it’s mainly about? True, if the environmental cost is ignored. However, it has to be paid ultimately as fields become barren from chemicals. The agronomists’ solution ironically is to steal from plants grown in rural, non-industrial—not unusually—poorer countries. However, payment must ultimately be made to the piper. The big question is whether consumers will willingly pay more for their food in order to let industrial farming wither away and bring about sustainable farming that the earth can accept.
Perhaps a bit surprisingly, the author does not advocate total rejection of change. He sees good farming to be respectful of nature while still accepting of any new and useful but sustainable improvements.
Ironically it’s the poor farmers in underdeveloped or developing countries who are holding up a more sustainable agriculture globally. The author mentions some figure of 80%. (Unfortunately, this reviewer finds it difficult to find again the particular track for the specifics.)
Lucy from a river conservation charity induced the author—contributing partial financing as a sweetener—to reroute the river running through his land back somewhat to its old meandering route. There are so many possible ways to align with nature. This particular avenue struck this reader as rather refreshing.
Incidentally, it’s worth noting that the audio’s reader was soothing and conducive to get the listener immersed in the story.
It is said that emotions, rather than reason, compels action. The author seems to rely much on the first to motivate the reader in opting for sustainable farming. This is a good book that calls one to action.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-07-21
Wrong choice of reader
This wonderful book is absolutely ruined by a reader who overdoes his delivery and sounds like he thinks he is reading to idiot children.
Just read normally for goodness sake!
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- Sam
- 08-09-21
In the Tradition of John Seymour
As a retired sustainable enterprise professional, my dream has been to retire early to small scale market farm steading. This I have done, for the last 5 years. The difficulty in having one foot in the market economy, trying to make a profit, and the other, in seeking a sustainable lifestyle, cannot be overstated. Mr Rebanks has done a wonderful job bringing us up to date with where John Seymour left off in the 1970s and describing his journey towards a pastoral farming life. It is a good narrative, well performed, and I came away with some new ideas.
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- Allie
- 12-19-21
Vivid and Moving
This story of how a farmer became enlightened over time as he realized what it means to grow crops while sustaining the land for future generations is beautifully and powerfully told. We looked forward to each new chapter as we joined McBride on his life’s journey.
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- Claudia Y Fox
- 09-23-21
A Masterpiece
An absolutely stunningly beautiful book. This one will stay with me forever. I’m so grateful I stumbled across it. And I thought the narrator was perfect.
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- Jacob E Kristophel
- 10-30-21
wonderful for farmers and food eaters
what a wonderful author and book I loved his previous book the shepherds life. recommend both
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- Retired Mike
- 09-12-21
Read it slowly, and think.
You will be rewarded, and inspired. A farmer’s, old school farmer’s, common sense hopeful view of the present and future.
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- Daniel Austin Taber
- 12-11-21
Wonderful story as can be expected from Rebanks
Nobles narration was calm, collected and poetic. will be searching for more titles narrated by him
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- Cassieg
- 09-29-21
Love James Rebanks
This is great writing. If you are a nature lover, you will eat up every word. Wish there were more new in this book. After A Shepherd’s Life, I was hoping for more.
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